Door-catch



E. B. AND A KINSEY.

DOOR CATCH.

APPLICATION FILED 050.22. 1919.

1,376, 101 Patented A r. 26, 1921.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedApr. as, 1921.

Application filed December 22, 1919. Serial No. 346,696. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDrsoN B. KINsnY and Annular KINsEY, citizens of the United States, residing at Prairie Depot, in the county of Wood, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Catches; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in looks, and particularly to devices for securing garage or other doors.

One object of the present invention is to provide a novel and improved device of this character which is self-locking and which can be easily and quickly released.

Another object is to provide a novel and improved locking device which is arranged to secure two or more doors at the same time and which can be easily and quickly released simultaneously.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accom panying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a set of folding garage doors, viewed from within the garage, and showing the improved locking device applied thereto and in locking posi tion, the released position being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 showing one of the locking members in side elevation.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the latching devices.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents the central post of the doorway of the garage and 11 the side walls thereof, 12 representing the cross member at the top of the doorway. Secured to the central post 10 by the hinges 13, are the two outwardly swing doors 14 and 15, while hinged'to the opposite side walls are the doors 16 and 17 having the inwardly swinging door sections 18 and 19 hinged respectively thereto. The free edges of the sections 18 and 19 are arranged, when in closed position, to engage with the free edges of the doors 14: and 15, respectively.

Secured to the member 12, above the doors 16 and 17 adjacent their outer edges, are the angle plates 20 and 21, the horizontal portion of each of which is cut away and formed with an open-ended slot 22, the outer edge face of said horizontal portion being beveled, as shown at 23. Similar members 24 are secured to the member 12, over the door sections 18 and 19, adjacent their outer free edges. The doors 14 and 15 are held in plgjsed position by the ordinary locks 14 and Secured to the inner face of each of the door sections 16, 18 and 17 19 near the upper edge and directly below angle plates 20, 21, and 24 is a plate 25 having its upper end turned outwardly, as shown at 26-and formed with a slot 27 through which extends the upper end of a bar 28 which is pivotally mounted on said plate. The said upper end of the bar extends sufficiently high to engage in the open-ended slot of the corresponding angle plate on the cross member 12. The lower end of each bar 28 is provided with a weight which serves to normally urge the bar into vertical position with its upper end in the open-ended slot. Secured to each pivoted bar, above its pivot, is a laterally extending apertured lug 29, and secured to the lug is one end of a cord 30. In the instance of the locking bars of the two folding doors 16 and 18, the cord 30 extends to and is connected to the adjacent bar, a cord 81 being secured to the intermediate portion of this cord 30 and extending downwardly of the door 18 and through a guide eye 32. A. downward pull on the cord 31 will cause the bars 28 to be rocked on their pivots so that their upper ends will be disengaged from the angle plates, thereby permitting said doors to be swung open. It will, of course, be understood that the cord 30 is sufficiently long to permit enough slack when the doors are swung open to thus prevent breakage of the cord.

The other locking bars of the double folding doors 17, 19, are similarly connected by the cord 38 and has the depending operating cord 34, disposed through a guide eye 35, carried by the door sections.

By reason of the beveled faces 23, the upper ends of the locking bars will be automatically engaged in the open-ended slots of the angle plates when the doors are prop erly swung into closed position.

What is claimed is:

A. swinging gravity latch comprising a plate having one end extending at right In testimony whereof, We affix our signaangles to the body thereof and formed With tures, in the presence of two Witnesses.

a longitudinal slot, a keeper, and avertical EDISON B KINSEY Weighted bar pivo'tally supported on the said plate With its upper end disposed through ALBERT KINSEY' said slot for sliding movement, and an Witnesses:

apertured lug secured to. the Weighted bar J. M. GOODRICK, and extending from one edge thereof. CURTIS DIOKEN. 

